Catholics: What does it mean to pray to Mary?

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PS95

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I believe Yeshua is a God.
I see. Nope.
I disagree.
"He can't be God unless He always existed and He created the heavens and the earth because those things are true about God."
How could anyone disagree with that? Is this a joke? I don't understand this.

I am not disagreeing with scripture....just that it is not that simple.
Well I know of what I speak... on that verse. It's true that it could technically be translated either way, but when we look at the context it can only be the one way. Otherwise it's all baloney. If you want to believe like a JW- then you will have to accept that archangel Michael is Jesus and the Word. Hebrews in very clear that Jesus was not an angel. (a god to a Jw.)
Let's go even further into Jw teachings..
God implanted Michael's life-force into Mary's ovum.
Michael, then went out of existence.
Jesus took over but when He was crucified, Michaels' life force left Jesus and thereby God had to re-create Michael.
Jesus the man is dead forever- His body never rose. It likely dissolved into gases.

If you would like full documentation of that JW rubbish I can give it to you.
Again take a flying leap
Yeshua is not named in the Old Testament...Yahweh specifically says He is the only God several times.
True. YHWH does say that. And it's true. - and Yeshua's name is not used in the OT. Why would it be? He was not named that yet!
Yeshua is the new Covenant name and the only name one we need. See my earlier post for more
No. the word Trinity is not in the Bible and Yahweh and Yeshua are identified as 2
Gods in the Gospels. Over a hundred scriptures prove the one God formula as false.
That word is not in the bible. I agree. Boy, have I heard this argument before.
The path & the concept certainly is. It is like a slow revealing. Unless, you want to deny what is plainly written and I ahve seen you do that before. I can send you a lot. I will send it via msg if you wish me to. Just msg me and I will get back to you with it all asap. I have to dig it all out. It's a very large amount. I do not mind at all.
If you have your mind all made up ( as it seems you might) then please do not waste my time, ok? I must say I have noticed that you can really stick to your guns about some crazy things on here. Hope you are more open on this.
 

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YHWH on the earth was Yeshua. He was the Word who became flesh.
nope

For me, yes.

Then YHWH rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH out of heaven; Gen 19:24

YHWH on the earth was Yeshua. He was the Word who became flesh. This destruction was brought upon them by YHWH the Son of God, who had appeared to Abraham in an human form, who warned him, and He heard pleas for those cities, and then left from him to Sodom. The fire and brimstone was rained by him from YHWH his Father, out of heaven; and so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem both call him, the Word of the Lord. If you read it all carefully you will see that the other two men are described as angels while this one was not.
The Son, who had conversed with Abraham, from the Father & for the Father who has committed all judgment to the Son. He our Savior but will also be the destroyer of those who reject His salvation.

Yeshua means YHWH is salvation, as you probably know. The New Covenant name needed is Yeshua- and no longer YHWH- because
* God IS our salvation-and that salvation is only found in His Son. * Ps 68:19, 79:9, 25:5, 27:9, 89:26, 62:6

There is no other name we need but His- Acts 4:10-12

, 10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. 11He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. 12And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”

Phil 2:9-11

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


There isn't one because Yeshua did not become a god.
Mary gave birth to Jesus who was both her son & God's son.
He had the nature of his mother- human, and the nature of His Father- God.

It's not possible to have the fullness of diety in Him and be called a god.

Col 1:19
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

Col 2:9

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

2 Cor 5:19
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.


I am worried about your school because it appears that you came out of it defending the RCC's Mary teachings, but awful confusion about God and His Son. That's odd. Where did you go?
You seem to have a God and a god like the JWs. What a nightmare they are. I was raised as one.
Just believe the verses I have given you. There are many many more!! Been there done that!

nope